Does anyone really think Pitt will make the tournament watching them play recently?
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I was thinking tournament at first but now I'm starting to think another repeat of the NIT. Any team that has a pulse defensively we wilt against. And even teams without a pulse offensively can light us up.
Are you saying this team is so bad we just won't bother playing 2 games?
Their "lethal" scoring is now gone...
They were averaging 80+ in OOC (vs a lot of cupcakes) but now they've struggled to score against better teams (recently) only 60 so far...
What's going on?
They're lazy, soft, no leadership and essentially the same shabby crew that got tossed out of the NIT in the first round.
Doh - I guess we really need those two March games to have any chance to get to .500 because the February games aren't looking too forgiving at the moment.
Anyone know what his win % is in the big east and acc conference games?, probably still pretty decent.
They looked that way against NC St, Clemson, and L'Ville. I am willing to let the season play out.
JD I really respect you on here, you never insult and have great points.
That being said, it is much more than a simple 75% winning percentage
1)Team hasn't done much of anything in going on 5 years
2)A lot of those "wins" were/are against really bad ooc teams
3)Even when Jamie had top teams they underachieved
4)Recruiting has been really poor
Changes need to be made and whether that's some different assistants I don't know. But the buck starts and stops with the HC and even during the fun era Pitt teams didn't play like this over and over. It's on Jamie JD, it's on Jamie.
He is overmatched in this league.
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Want to make friendly bet that Pitt finishes 10-8 or better?
Some of you are so reactionary. They win satyrday and they are going to the final four.
I don't see us winning more than 2 more games if that.Which 4 games are we gonna split? Maybe maybe VT and maybe Wake Forest. With the way we are playing we could very easily lose our last 8.
Sure. I see them unfortunately collapsing like last year(already starting) so I see them at best 9-9 at best. Most likely 7-11.
Losing 6 of 8, 5 of 8, 7 of 8 - is there really a difference? Team is in freefall mode.
He was 127-66 in the Big East and is now 26-22 in the ACC.
A couple things. Pitt has ten ACC AGAMES LEFT, not 8, and going 2-3 in a 5 game stretch is not a freefall.
You have the emotional maturity of a two year old.
It's really only a matter of time at this point. And anyone looking at the situation objectively can see it.
This team has one 4-star talent in Young. The rest are all 3-stars or less. Jamie getting the
best he can out of a less talented squad. If you compare the talent level from team to team in the ACC and Pitt is at the bottom really lagging behind. It's hard to win consistently when you have the type of players Pitt has. No inside big to feed, no outside shooting guard, nobody who can penetrate and dish. Just to many handicaps to overcome against the talent Pitt will face in ACC. This Pitt team cannot take a night off with the talent level they have and expect to beat any good team as well as bottom feeders. The players have to be sky high and playing at the top of their games in order to have a chance to win. The good programs can take a night off and win but not a Pitt program. JD is a good coach but plain and simple needs a major upgrade in talent. Needs to fill in the handicaps mentioned above so we can become more consistent and able to match up with other teams. I agree I believe Pitt will finish 5oo% at best and just miss the tournament.
best he can out of a less talented squad. If you compare the talent level from team to team in the ACC and Pitt is at the bottom really lagging behind. It's hard to win consistently when you have the type of players Pitt has. No inside big to feed, no outside shooting guard, nobody who can penetrate and dish. Just to many handicaps to overcome against the talent Pitt will face in ACC. This Pitt team cannot take a night off with the talent level they have and expect to beat any good team as well as bottom feeders. The players have to be sky high and playing at the top of their games in order to have a chance to win. The good programs can take a night off and win but not a Pitt program. JD is a good coach but plain and simple needs a major upgrade in talent. Needs to fill in the handicaps mentioned above so we can become more consistent and able to match up with other teams. I agree I believe Pitt will finish 5oo% at best and just miss the tournament.
Free fall mode?
Holy shit. Lost 3 out of 5. That's not anywhere close to a free fall.
They needed to split these two road games and they did. Yes, they were really bad tonight... but they only have to win 5 of the next 11 to securely be in. And they will.
Until Dixon leaves--either voluntarily or involuntarily.
We haven't had a good team in 5 years. The guy is making around a top 20 salary and it just isn't happening. Several times over the last few seasons it has looked like his teams are either quitting in games or simply ignoring the coach.
Further, the hard core Dixon defenders really have no argument to make other than that his replacement could be worse--which is pretty much the last refuge in terms of defense for the status quo.
I'll say this--I'm pretty confident that we could get pretty much the same results Dixon has delivered for a lot less money in salary. I'm sure Archie Miller would take less money to make the tournament two times every five years. There's a lot of people living off of past glories. In the ACC, Dixon is essentially a .500 coach.
What would you call it? Bad against Louisville, bad against winless NC State at home, bad against FSU for a lot of the game but luckily came back from 10 down and bad tonight. Yeah I'd say it is freefall mode.
And even if we win 5 out of 11 as you say, the committee looks at a lot of factors, including how you finish down the stretch. Plus Pitt has not as of now beaten any top 20 teams. I think you are not looking at this accurately. Pitt is in deep trouble.
Use those voices to give dixon "its either you thats failing or your staff; either ull stay and have new coaches; or you wont be here and we will find someone who can get it done"
